My latest piece which was originally drafted on the day of the commissioning of Dangote refinery

Please take time & read away.

Cheers

250million or mere 25million



Today marks a very historic day in my Country of birth, the largest black nation on Earth.

One of its illustrious sons has broken the jinx of our greatest burden as a nation.

Today Dangote commissioned his massive modern petrochemical refinery situated in Epe, Lagos. The commercial capital of Nigeria and it’s said to be the world largest single-train refinery at an estimated cost of 19billion US dollars.

Today the nation’s political, business and traditional elite from all nooks and crannies joined other dignitaries from every part of the world to mark this noble yet nostalgic ceremony.

These are one of the days I proudly proclaim my motherland to the hearing of any one that cares to listen.

After all is set & done, we must now ask the pertinent questions which must be answered after the entire razz mattazz has ended.

Firstly, when would the real operational activity commence? Or is this another jamboree to just roffle shoulders, like the last time the president came to Lagos on the invitation of The Lagos state government with so much pump and pageantry to commission a locomotive train track that has been under construction for close to 20 years only for fellow citizens to be seen physically pushing the said train on the track barely a week after the purported commissioning?
Up till now no one has embarked on a trip on the said train track.

So it would not be out of place to pose this important question to Dangote also, as our political elites have perfected the act of commissioning dead horses that would never walk or be ridden in this lifetime

The second question is, what would be the determinant price factor or what price index would be used to sell the crude to Dangote? Are we going to be doing a swap deal if at all who determines the ratio & how would the excess be sorted? This should have been stated in clear terms at the said jamboree

At what rate would Dangote in turn sell refined products to his host country? Would there be some sort of discount, since CBN magnanimously gave out dollar incentive at the least discounted rate to Dangote during the construction stage when the parallel market price was said to be 3 times over? No wonder Emefiele was bragging at the ceremony that of the 9billion dollars loan, Dangote has paid more than 70% even without refining one drop of crude (smiling sheepishly).
When I heard that I remembered when HRH Sanusi said if one wanted to round trip the dollar to make 1billion in less than 10mins, it was the easiest thing to do for those political & business elite who are close to the seat of power or CBN governor.
I want to believe Dangote is so honourable that of all the billions of dollar largesses gifted to him in the cause of this gracious construction, none mysteriously found its way to the Ghana must go bags of his fellow brothers in the exchange bureau, the same Dangote that would owe his supplier’s as little as five hundred thousand naira across board for months @ his other businesses. Anyway no man knows when his trip to Damascus would bring the Saul/paul devine transformational encounter.

Please don’t get me wrong, braving the odds to set up a refinery in a country like Nigeria with all the antecedents in the oil sector since Independence is no feat for the faint hearted, for that i doff my hat for Aliko regardless.

The last question would be to our leaders from the Niger Delta who trooped amass to Epe to celebrate this gigantic step. One begins to wonder if non fore-saw the foolishness for allowing such a lofty venture slip through our fingers all the way to Lagos, when the said crude is in our backyard.

If this refinery was sited in the south South (proximity to the raw materials) would
It not have required we all get a standard international airport close by, which would indirectly pacify some of the agitation of the uneven distribution of Government infrastructure across Nigeria.

Anyway this would be another topic for a later date.

In all I pray & believe the refinery would bring about the much needed magic wand to solve Nigeria’s lingering fiasco in the petroleum industry, because no one can use the same “lamba” to fool 250million people as against 25million.

Nenum

Moh247:


Let me point two and three

Please can u humbly throw a tiny light on this small ambiguity.

Don’t mention

They think we re all fools

The Tincan/ l’pool link bridge n truck park was constructed by the last administration and have been abandoned ever since.

Surprised this administration is just waking up

Anyway, better late than never

seguun:


https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/gateman-rejects-house-offer-for-borehole-in-his-community.html

If he had chosen a “house”, We would not all be reading this on Nairaland now, or today or tomorrow or for ever .........


And that to me says it all......,

You couldn’t ve said it better

BSF:



The way life works, You or your children will reap the benefits of what your father has done. That law has NEVER failed.

Apina:

Your sermon though wonderful doesn't really tell what the sin of the rich man was . Most persons have argued that he didn't love Lazarus, but I don't believe that was the case, cos he allowed him stay at his gate and eat from his table even though they were leftovers.

For The rich man to have been able to identify Lazarus at the other side simply points to the fact that he knows who Lazarus is, most probably while moving in and out of his mansion could have asked about him when he saw him sitting at his gate. The Bible said he lived in luxury while Lazarus begged and had sores all over, did he ever refuse to help Lazarus? I don't think so cos if that were to be the case, Lazarus would most likely not remain at his gate cos Lazarus would need to eat to survive and would have moved on to another place where he would get food but he remained and even died there. We can actually say the rich man was generous to the beggar cos he allowed him to lay his head within his property and allowed him to feed from his table, eating the same food he ate.

The sin of the rich man wasn't that he didn't love Lazarus but was that "He Was INSENSITIVE to the plight of the beggar". The sin of insensitivity is so faint that it's almost impossible to detect, and it's everywhere, in the church, on your streets and even in the family.

What an angle... interesting

@OP one rule....on marriage:

Don't believe the num 1 lie: 4 better for worse TILL ....,.,,,,,,, do "u" path

You can leave at anytime.........it's not do or die, live by this rule and you would be alright.

Tank me later ...........

If u get in and it works for u, u tell ur story , and if u get in, n it doesn't work, u also ve a story to tell

Either way, u alone can tell your story.

Lesson for those aspiring to tie the knot soon or in d future

If at any point before you go in u have doubt, you should always rem the steering and the brakes are in your hands, and you can pull d damn brake and take a deep breath before you say yes or finally decide to say no to the question even at the altar.

You owe that to nobody but yourself

Why do Nigerian's "listen just to reply". A wise man "must listen to learn" before a reply if there should be any........., A word , they say is enough for the wise

@topic

Personally I do not wish any man/woman that went through the "i do process" to just quit........... However I would strongly advice young married and about to be married couples that there is a saying that " a broken relationship is better than a broken marriage", I would "personally" add that "a broken marriage is way safer than a broken life"........
My people when the push comes to shove "court, traditional rites and church" are just historical rituals, what really matters is where you both stand and your individual happiness. Cheers

Congrats to the new couple, I pray they quickly settle n navigate the tricky curves of these long lasting experience with God's grace........,,,,Amen

ajebuter:
l am not surprised..

Reasons?

1. Most Badagry men (l didn't say all) are illiterate fishermen

2. Most are lazy and don't like working because their women work as fisherwomen and fish sellers..

3. Most Badagry men enjoy drinking ogogoro even early momo..and you find Uy ogogoro joint everywhere probably because they are close to Benin Republic border and smuggled drinks get to them easily

4. Most badagry women are hard workers and provide for their husbands who boast of having four wives who are working and falling over each other to cater to his needs... they say that openly l swear..

4 Most badagry men love juju and their sangbeto masquerade to a fault and illiteracy is high among them and the witchcraft of their women eh?

Finally..they born pikin like kilode...

That doesn't mean all Badagry men and women are what l described above sha

Abi? all those Semasa.. Senami...Semanu...Senayon. Olorunwa...Suru.... ( na their names be that)

How l take know all these?

Every graduate of LASU know them like the back of our hands..

Abi l lie? ( dodging blows)

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Wow......... That's so irrational to say, anyway, as we grow in life we get to learn that, we keep learning every day till six feet meets us

@op: in essence, strings must be attached regardless. Interesting ..............ohk

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ULSHERLAN:

Have been ok. Sure alot has changed and you just gotta go with the change. So hope you are back now or you are just passing by

Do I know...... Lol, I Wud try........ Re u in town?

@op. Pls wats d ans to d puzzle, lol

ULSHERLAN:

Haha... welcome bro. Compliment of the season

Same here bro. How ve u bin? . A lot has really changed here oooooo lol

ULSHERLAN:

we are all in this together. Really need more brains on this

Hey bro, longest of time . Do buzz me wen u re up. N compliments

still lol @all d hidden post...... NL, still has it's cracking up ways.......

Can't stop laughing @tp n @post: d truth, the car bin convinient for dating depends on d people involved and thier needs as at d point of "dating". Was dating my wife wen she had a car n I had none, so we drove her car in her city, n jump buses in mine....... Crazy times.

Got a call from my Dad 8am 21st of sept 2013. "Jiro is dead". I immediately started my journey home. So many unanswered questions. Wen I got home n saw d crowd, went straight 2 hug my mum.... She kept saying...... "Pls let The Lord take me and let my daughter live"........ Jiro Orere u touched so many lives n I am grateful to The Lord dat we came from d same womb, with tears n smiles I say rest in peace till we meet again

At all Nairaland old guards, how do you guys keep up with all ur posts over the years. I'm giving u guys big kudos.

Giving them one month ultimatum, to review the the fixed "usage" tarrif with a threat that if nothing of worth is done, we (over a million customer's) wuold be left with no other option than to by pass.

Funny Topic......

All I know is that the heart of a woman is a deep ocean of secrets........

So b4 u continue here, hope u re ready 2 go deep into d atlantic?

pro01: Better be very careful and look before you leap. It's better to keep paying house rent jeje in a sane environment than to build a house in one remote area where armed robbers would deal with you and your young family. Unless you want to build and rent it out to others. I have an uncle who completed his nice duplex less than six months ago in one of the Lagos suburbs. . .already he has been robbed four times, and his teenage daughter barely escaped molestation on the last occasion. He recently had to abandon the house for a rented apartment in Festac where he was previously residing.

So, if you can't afford to buy a land and build in a decent location with some level of security, abeg forget the idea, retain your rented accommodation and work harder. Well, that's what I would do.

Hope ur uncle did not return to the same festac my cousin was shot down in broad daylight..... Oooh sorry, He was a landlord in Festac........lesson: 101: Life has no laid down sequence...... If ur landlord didn't brave the odd's 2 build d house u currently live in who would you pay ur glorified rent to, even if u ve ur full rent

@KObojunkie

I do not think me or you or anyone can add 2 an existing constitution and it would become valid, so at this junction I would humbly ask for a vivid interpretation from a constitutional lawyer on this one. As I do understand that the major difference or obstacle as u may have it between a written and applied constitution it's in it's interpretation. Thanks

@Kobojunkie
Well said........

According 2 Section 89, is the president or presidency under direct investigation by d house? If not, then Sec 89 cannot be said to be valid
In this circumstance

Please note, am here with the clear notion that I can and am willing 2 learn


89. (1) For the purposes of any investigation under section 88 of this Constitutional and subject to the provisions thereof, the Senate or the House of Representatives or a committee appointed in accordance with section 62 of this Constitution shall have power

@ Rasputinn and @ Kobojunkie

Lol.
The constitution on the right of attendance of the president can be found in Chapter V, Part 1, section 67(1-2). And from my understanding it is not expressly stated if eithEr of the houses has the power 2 summon the president, however if they do, He has the right 2 decide to attend unlike his minister's. Cheers

Hmmmmmm. Really something to think about